Comment Meh...RM is bogus, I've got just the thing... (Score 1) 330
What a bunch of idiots...
Comment Re:Chicago Bears quarterback (Score 1) 262
Comment Then all the data should be public (Score 2) 258
But we all know that would never happen 'cuz they are better than us mere mortals...
Comment Re:I'm really conflicted... (Score 1) 109
Comment Re:A first: We should follow Germany's lead (Score 1) 700
I think you've completely missed the important facts. Scientology is still a religion in Germany, but they don't qualify to be state recognized religious organization because they don't do anything to benefit he community. You can be believe Jimmy Buffet is your only ticket to paradise, but he's not gonna get a tax break unless he tells you to give back to the community. Likewise, you can call whatever you want "a company" but it's not going to be a company--and entitled to the benefits therein--unless it gets a business license. You can call yourself a cop all you want, but unless you pass the requirements to become a LEO, you're not a cop. That's the difference. Meanwhile, the other major religions you listed are all giving back to the community in great numbers. So they do qualify to be a state approved religion. So this is an entirely apples to oranges, reasonable contrast between major religions and Scientology. If Scientology wants to get tax breaks all they have to do (GASP) is start giving a shit about people and trying to help them. If that burden is too high for you to become a religion, I don't think I want you anywhere near a legislative job.
Jimmy Buffett can give you a cheeseburger after you get there, but Eddie Money is the only one with the tickets (only two, though...)
Submission + - The X-Files To Return (foxflash.com)
Comment Re:What boosts the air pressure? (Score 1) 375
Comment What boosts the air pressure? (Score 1) 375
Comment Re:The other side of the story (Score 1) 292
Comment Team Foundation Server (TFS) (Score 1) 200
Comment Ok, Ok, someone had to say it... (Score 1) 150
Submission + - Big Brother in the school cafeteria? (foxnews.com)
Comment Re:well... (Score 1) 428
I was working full time while I went to UoP. It was hard and there were some times that I though about quitting, but luckily, my family was very supportive and I made it through. BTW, my final GPA was 3.90. So it can be done...
Comment Re:well... (Score 1) 428
As to the instructors, more than 50% of mine held PhD(s) in their relevant subject area, hell, one of my math teachers was a double PhD from the former Soviet equivalent of our MIT, and work in their space program. So yes, he was a rocket scientist. All in all, I only had one instructor in my 3 years that I had a major complaint about and evidently, others also had complaints, because he was not there very long.
Anyway, as to the learning teams, because of the variety of scholastic backgrounds that people have, you will have folks that are not up to par and that presents some challenges. You chose to be the final editor out of fear of a bad grade. On my learning teams, each person was delegated that duty in turn and we only had one problem in a critical thinking class. In that case, we talked to the person and got nowhere, so we elevated to the instructor. In the end, we each turned in our section of the paper individually and were graded on our individual contributions. We all received fair grades and the problem child received a failure for his part. Because we were all mostly on the same schedule, many of us had the same classes and ended up being on the same learning teams. We were all mostly successful in our classes because of this.
I have been in the computer industry for many years, and yes there were some classes that I could have taught, but rather than getting an attitude, I aced them and improved my GPA. I don't know what degree program you were in, but in my Computer Science\Information Systems degree, I NEVER had 900 pages of reading EVERY week, that seems like an unusually high load and maybe you should have voiced your concerns to the administrative staff. So, like anything, there will be good experiences and bad experiences and I am sorry that you had such a bad experience, but not all UoP campuses are like yours.